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Will this PSU power a TEC?

Thanks.


I am trying to save as much room as i can. Because the only bit of room my case is 1 5.25" bay. And the meanwell PSU's are expensive. And if i were to get one how do i hook it up? Do i connect all the yellow wires together, and the same for the blacks?

Thanks.
 
Under the drop-down box on the DD page, you can select to have it come with a molex connector. Then, use a PCI-E connector to Molex converter to convert the power. (Be sure it is a PCI-E TO MOLEX, not the other way around. I think frozencpu has them, but I am too lazy to look). If you can't find the connectors, solder the red wire to the yellow and the black to the black.
 
I looked at that but i dont think i can put in on my 550w psu, as i have an 8800gts in my system. And i am soon going to have a water cooling setup and i dont have room donw in the front.Because that is where the pump is going to be going. The thermaltakw i listed should be enough right? As it puts out 250watts, and 300 maximum. And that tec only pulls 226.
 
tylerdustin2008 said:
And if i were to get one how do i hook it up? Do i connect all the yellow wires together, and the same for the blacks?
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wiring 101: dont connect wires simply because they have similar colors. know what your doing beforehand. your going to need to cut the ends of the power supply off (the 6 pin connecters) and solder&heatshrink (or electrical tape if your lazy- duct tape if your redneck) the ends of the peltier to the 12v ends of the PSU. yellow is positive 12v, black is ground. red is positive 5v but you wont be using this. generaly power supplies are rated to run around 75-80% of their peak output continuously, higher causes a shortned lifespan. at 226watts thats about 90% rated capacity, dont expect this to last too long, maybe a few weeks, but it could be a few years you never know.
 
A few weeks?

I can imagine it will last much longer. Most PSUs running at highest capacity last around a year and send out unstable power the whole time. Since the load from the peltier will be static and can take unclean power, he should be fine.

Good point about the wires. You only need ONE yellow and ONE black. The others you will not need to use.
 
Ok thanks guys. I know how to some some electrical work. I have heat shrink and all those goodies. So you guys think i need about a 400w psu? I saw a tec on frozen CPU and it was a 437w tec, could somone link me a PSU that could power that beast. I will have a 120.3 rad just to cool the TEC, and i will be making a second loop with a 120.2 for the video card.


Thanks again for the help guys.


Tyler
 
any 500w ps could power that, you would just have to not have anything else on it. you would need to connect the green and a black ATX wire so that it would turn on (cause it wont be plugged into a mobo) if you wanted to get a PS that would power that tec and your system, i would go 900watts or higher continuous, though you said your going to have 2 cooling loops, meaning 2 pumps. a 1kW power supply might be in order depending on your other hardware.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703007
this is one of the major downsides of TECs, gigantic power cunsumption requiring hundreds of $ to spend on a power supply, i would just invest in a nice water setup
 
Thw way i see it is.... If i am going to pay for water i am going to go TEC as well. Only about $150 more to get ALOT better temps.
 
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